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> "marijuana abuse" > "illegal drug" Holy fucking bias. 1) There's nothing to support that the study participants were abusing marijuana 2) Medical marijuan
by meritt 8y ago
> "marijuana abuse"
> "illegal drug"
Holy fucking bias.
1) There's nothing to support that the study participants were abusing marijuana
2) Medical marijuana was legalized in California in 1996 and numerous other states until recreational legalization began in 2012. This study was conducted from 2000 - 2017 so it stands to reason that many of these users were completely legal under their state jurisdiction at the time. Obviously it's been illegal on a federal level the entire time.
3) The 55% is the percentage that had ever used it. A study by the National Institute of Health [1] conducted in 2017 found that 45.20% of the 12yr+ respondents said they had used it at least once in their lifetime (and 52.7% of the 18-26 cohort).
I'm not even here to defend whether or not this study in particular is rigorous or not, but you need to drop the 1971 War on Drugs propaganda.
[1] https://www.drugabuse.gov/national-survey-drug-use-health https://www.drugabuse.gov/national-survey-drug-use-health
- toxik 8y agoThis was likely in MA, not CA. It is marijuana abuse because it’s illegal to use.
- meritt 8y ago1) People can travel between states, or even to other countries, during a lifetime. 2) MA legalized medical usage in 2013. 3) "Drug abuse" has nothing to do with the legality of the substance. It's whether or not the substance impairs the individual and that it was used for non-medicinal purposes.
- mzybert 8y ago> It is marijuana abuse because it’s illegal to use. Maybe Marlene Mortler will agree with you, but that's a ridiculous statement.
- morpheuskafka 8y agoExcept for the recent decisions of Uruguay and Canada, marijuana use, all countries party to the UN International Drug Control Convention strictly prohibit non-research use of marijuana, so unless this use occurred only extremely recently in one of those two countries or was part of a research program, it was illegal at the time.